Centre sends cash to lift grain
New Delhi, June 4
The Ministry of Rural Development has released Rs 505.63 lakh to 17 districts of Punjab as first ad hoc instalment of central funds and foodgrain under the Sampoorna Grameen Rozgar Yojana.

TRIBUNE FOLLOW-UP
We have nothing against Bhupjit, say IT officials
Chandigarh, June 4
“We have nothing against Mr Bhupjit Singh, who helped unearth the multi-crore recruitment scam in Punjab,” say Income Tax officials admitting that a notice was issued to him in routine as part of the exercise by the Investigation Cell of the department.

Cong to give 1 lakh to farmers’ kin
Jind, June 4
The Congress today announced Rs 1 lakh as compensation to the families of farmers killed in police firing in this district even as Congress leaders, including Mr Bhupinder Singh Hooda, HPCC chief, and Mr Hanumant Rao, AICC General Secretary, visited Rajpura Bhain and Gulkani villages whose inhabitants were killed in the firing which took place on May 29 and May 31.

Chautala meets BKU delegation Chandigarh, June 4 Keeping in line with the growing tendency on the part of governments to leave political issues to the judiciary for settlement, the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr Om Prakash Chautala, too has left the contentious issue of the release of arrested BKU leaders to the courts, even as the ice seems to have been broken between the state government and the agitating farmers.